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МНОГО НА СЕБЯ БРАТЬ/ВЗЯТЬ coll, rather impol when addressed to the interlocutor VP subj: human to overestimate one's capabilities, exceed the limits of one's authority, act in a way one has no right to etc: X много на себя берет = X is biting off more than he can chew X is taking on more than he can handle X is getting in over his head X is going too far (in refer, to one exceeding one's authority) X is (way) out of line

X is overstepping his bounds. ...(Я) взвалил его (баллон) на плечо... Пройдя первые десять ступенек, я понял, что слишком много взял на себя. Лет пять назад я мог пройти с таким баллоном втрое больше, теперь это было мне не под силу (Войнович 5). ...I hefted the cylinder up on my shoulder... .After the first ten steps I realized that I'd bitten off more than I could chew. Five years ago I could have carried a cylinder like that three times as far, but now it was too much for me (5a).

(Нина:) (Мой жених) волевой, целеустремлённый... Много он на себя не берёт, но он хозяин своему слову. Не то что некоторые (Вампилов 4). (N.:) He's (my fiance* is) headstrong and purposeful.... He won't take on more than he can handle, but he's as good as his word. Not like some... (4a).